Ollie and F. Scott Alike.

Me and F. Scott Alike.

We love, as in make-babies-with-it-love, Caffe Forte. Caffe Forte is in North Park on University and Hermann (3139 University Ave, San Diego 92104. 92104, baby!). Ollie and I go there quite often. Mainly because they don't charge extra for soy, and give you $1 off if you bring in your special Caffe Forte mug. $1 off! Ultimately, this makes my soy vanilla latte about half the cost of the same drink everywhere else. Also, they have vegan baked goods. Vegan! Baked! Goods! And they also sell t-shirts that say "If I wasn't dead, I'd be at Caffe Forte --F. Scott Fitzgerald."

Let's review:

Free soy! They once ran an ad in The Reader with a soy bean breaking his hands free from chains, saying "Free soy!"

Today we had a vegan strawberry muffin and a little vegan chocolate bundt cake. Chocolate! They're also always sugar-free, if you roll like that.

Today I might have been called their best customer. While some people would instantly be embarassed about the amount of time/dollars they seem to be spending there, I was beamingly proud.

They love Ollie.

The workers have excellent iPod playlists.

Sometimes you just have to trust F. Scott.

Even though it will mean less of a chance I'll get the sweet corner bench seat, I'm going to make it my business to inform the vegan community of this hidden mecca. I'm not sure how to do that. Ramble off a bunch of keywords? vegan pastries coffee shop muffins hot vegan sex cafe soymilk. That might work.

Ollie and dad at Caffe Forte, notably not in the corner seat, but charming nonetheless.


Come on out to Caffe Forte, y'all. Just don't steal my seat.